They asked: Why didn’t we learn this history before? How can we teach this? The Chat streams, along with the comments on Kendi’s and Blain’s Twitter feeds, have become their own community.Įxcluding the book’s 10 poets, each of the other 80 authors-among them Angela Davis, Rev. Thousands of people from across the country tuned in to the Smithsonian and Schomburg events, taking to Chat to thank the authors, praise the book, and celebrate the courage, creativity, and resilience of the Black people who come alive in its pages. Kendi’s and Blain’s virtual book tour-with stops at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, in Washington, D.C., the National Civil Rights Museum, in Memphis, Tenn., and the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, in New York City-has been a rolling happening. Kendi’s belief that the 400-year history of Black America was best told by a diverse community of writers is the same belief that guided his founding of the Center for Antiracist Research-as a community of multidisciplinary scholars who would work together with policymakers, advocates, journalists, and other scholars to eliminate racist policies. “Of struggle, of success, of death, of life, of joy, of racism, of antiracism, of destruction-of America’s clearest chords, years after year, of liberty, justice, and democracy for all.
Mellon Professor in the Humanities and a College of Arts & Sciences professor of history, writes in his introduction. “Collectively, this choir sings the chords of survival,” Kendi, the Andrew W.
The Root proclaimed Four Hundred Souls “a groundbreaking, epic, and deeply innovative exploration of how Black America as we now know it began” and “a love story to its descendants.” 1 on the New York Times nonfiction best-seller list. The book was published on February 2, and a week later, it debuted at No. The resulting anthology, Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019 (One World, 2021), coedited by Kendi and Blain, is described as the first one-volume communal account of African American history-which is, of course, also American history.
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